Azure Job Trends in the East of England

Microsoft Azure
England > East of England

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in the East of England requiring Azure skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 29 July 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
29 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 4 6 8
Rank change year-on-year +2 +2 -2
Permanent jobs citing Azure 730 501 494
As % of all permanent jobs in the East of England 10.64% 14.45% 9.74%
As % of the Cloud Services category 50.14% 52.52% 41.34%
Number of salaries quoted 412 386 422
10th Percentile £25,000 £26,250 £30,500
25th Percentile £33,750 £31,250 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £47,500 £49,000
Median % change year-on-year +15.79% -3.06% -2.00%
75th Percentile £71,250 £61,250 £65,000
90th Percentile £90,000 £70,625 £75,000
England median annual salary £65,000 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year +8.33% - -4.99%

All Cloud Computing Skills
East of England

Azure falls under the Cloud Services category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring cloud computing skills in the East of England.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for cloud computing skills 1,456 954 1,195
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the East of England 21.22% 27.52% 23.55%
Number of salaries quoted 899 703 958
10th Percentile £28,000 £26,250 £25,756
25th Percentile £33,500 £31,250 £32,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £47,500 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year +5.26% - -5.00%
75th Percentile £70,000 £63,000 £65,000
90th Percentile £90,000 £77,500 £77,500
England median annual salary £62,500 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year +4.17% - -7.69%

Azure
Job Vacancy Trend in the East of England

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Azure relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in the East of England.

Azure job vacancy trend in the East of England

Azure
Salary Trend in the East of England

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the East of England citing Azure.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the East of England citing Azure

Azure
Salary Histogram in the East of England

Salary distribution for jobs citing Azure in the East of England over the 6 months to 29 July 2026.

Salary histogram for Azure in the East of England

Azure
Job Locations in the East of England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Azure within the East of England region over the 6 months to 29 July 2026. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.

Location Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Hertfordshire -2 183 £60,000 +9.09% 64
Essex +1 180 £40,000 +6.67% 36
Cambridgeshire -4 148 £55,000 +37.50% 27
Suffolk +29 103 £45,000 -10.00% 11
Norfolk +2 87 £55,000 +48.65% 21
Bedfordshire -5 27 £37,500 -29.25% 20
Azure
England

Azure
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the East of England by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Application Platforms
1 94 (12.88%) SharePoint
2 43 (5.89%) Microsoft Exchange
3 14 (1.92%) WordPress
4 8 (1.10%) Apache Airflow
5 6 (0.82%) Apache Spark
5 6 (0.82%) CMS
6 3 (0.41%) SAS
7 2 (0.27%) Confluence
7 2 (0.27%) Luigi
8 1 (0.14%) Headless CMS
8 1 (0.14%) Umbraco
Applications
1 73 (10.00%) Microsoft Excel
2 11 (1.51%) Microsoft Office
3 6 (0.82%) Chatbot
4 1 (0.14%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 1 (0.14%) MS Visio
4 1 (0.14%) Trello
Business Applications
1 8 (1.10%) Dynamics AX
1 8 (1.10%) Dynamics CRM
1 8 (1.10%) Dynamics GP
2 4 (0.55%) Dynamics NAV
3 2 (0.27%) Infor M3
3 2 (0.27%) NetSuite
3 2 (0.27%) Towers Watson Igloo
Cloud Services
1 173 (23.70%) Microsoft 365
2 128 (17.53%) Power Platform
3 118 (16.16%) Azure AI
4 101 (13.84%) Entra ID
5 87 (11.92%) AWS
6 77 (10.55%) Azure DevOps
7 48 (6.58%) OneDrive
8 39 (5.34%) PowerApps
9 34 (4.66%) Power Automate
10 33 (4.52%) Azure Logic Apps
11 31 (4.25%) Azure Data Factory
12 28 (3.84%) GitHub
13 24 (3.29%) GCP
14 19 (2.60%) Adobe Creative Cloud
14 19 (2.60%) SaaS
15 17 (2.33%) Azure Cosmos DB
16 16 (2.19%) Azure Service Bus
16 16 (2.19%) GitHub Copilot
17 15 (2.05%) Dynamics 365
18 12 (1.64%) IaaS
Communications & Networking
1 61 (8.36%) Firewall
2 44 (6.03%) DNS
3 41 (5.62%) VPN
4 29 (3.97%) DHCP
5 24 (3.29%) TCP/IP
6 15 (2.05%) Internet
6 15 (2.05%) WAN
7 13 (1.78%) Wireless
8 12 (1.64%) VoIP
9 11 (1.51%) LAN
10 9 (1.23%) VLAN
11 8 (1.10%) MQTT
12 7 (0.96%) Broadband
12 7 (0.96%) Network Security
13 4 (0.55%) Structured Cabling
13 4 (0.55%) WLAN
14 3 (0.41%) DMZ
14 3 (0.41%) SSL
15 2 (0.27%) L2TP
15 2 (0.27%) OpenVPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 112 (15.34%) Power BI
2 106 (14.52%) Azure SQL Database
3 67 (9.18%) Tableau
4 59 (8.08%) MongoDB
5 36 (4.93%) SQL Server
6 30 (4.11%) Elasticsearch
7 12 (1.64%) Data Warehouse
8 11 (1.51%) Data Lake
9 7 (0.96%) Amazon Redshift
9 7 (0.96%) MySQL
10 6 (0.82%) BigQuery
10 6 (0.82%) Looker
10 6 (0.82%) Relational Database
10 6 (0.82%) Snowflake Schema
11 5 (0.68%) PostgreSQL
12 3 (0.41%) Amazon RDS
12 3 (0.41%) Metadata
12 3 (0.41%) SQL Server Reporting Services
13 2 (0.27%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
13 2 (0.27%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 18 (2.47%) Git
2 12 (1.64%) JIRA
3 6 (0.82%) MLflow
4 5 (0.68%) Jenkins
5 4 (0.55%) Selenium
5 4 (0.55%) Visual Studio
6 3 (0.41%) Cypress.io
7 2 (0.27%) git-flow
7 2 (0.27%) Terragrunt
7 2 (0.27%) Yeoman
8 1 (0.14%) ERwin
8 1 (0.14%) JMeter
8 1 (0.14%) Postman
8 1 (0.14%) REST Assured
8 1 (0.14%) VSS/SourceSafe
General
1 373 (51.10%) Social Skills
2 84 (11.51%) Finance
3 31 (4.25%) Analytical Skills
4 20 (2.74%) Law
4 20 (2.74%) Marketing
5 15 (2.05%) Legal
6 13 (1.78%) Organisational Skills
6 13 (1.78%) Public Sector
7 10 (1.37%) Documentation Skills
7 10 (1.37%) Influencing Skills
7 10 (1.37%) Retail
8 7 (0.96%) Banking
9 6 (0.82%) Advertising
9 6 (0.82%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 6 (0.82%) Multimedia
10 5 (0.68%) Manufacturing
11 4 (0.55%) Games
11 4 (0.55%) Music Industry
11 4 (0.55%) Telecoms
12 3 (0.41%) Aerospace
Job Titles
1 168 (23.01%) Analyst
2 150 (20.55%) Developer
3 129 (17.67%) Junior
4 125 (17.12%) Junior Analyst
5 85 (11.64%) IT Support
6 84 (11.51%) .NET Developer
7 70 (9.59%) Senior
8 66 (9.04%) Security Analyst
9 62 (8.49%) Data Analyst
10 60 (8.22%) Cybersecurity Analyst
10 60 (8.22%) Ethical Hacker
10 60 (8.22%) Junior Data Analyst
10 60 (8.22%) Junior Security Analyst
11 45 (6.16%) IT Engineer
12 42 (5.75%) Support Engineer
13 33 (4.52%) Azure Engineer
13 33 (4.52%) Graduate
14 32 (4.38%) Network Engineer
15 31 (4.25%) IT Support Engineer
16 30 (4.11%) Cloud Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 117 (16.03%) .NET
2 102 (13.97%) .NET Core
3 80 (10.96%) ASP.NET
4 79 (10.82%) ASP.NET Core
5 75 (10.27%) CSS
6 66 (9.04%) HTML
7 48 (6.58%) RESTful
8 38 (5.21%) React
9 34 (4.66%) Entity Framework
10 32 (4.38%) ML.NET
11 31 (4.25%) Node.js
12 29 (3.97%) Blazor
13 23 (3.15%) AngularJS
14 22 (3.01%) HTML5 Canvas
14 22 (3.01%) JSON
15 21 (2.88%) ASP.NET Web API
15 21 (2.88%) Vue
16 19 (2.60%) Microsoft Graph
16 19 (2.60%) SPFx
17 15 (2.05%) Kafka
Miscellaneous
1 60 (8.22%) Cyberattack
2 34 (4.66%) Driving Licence
3 28 (3.84%) Cloud Native
4 25 (3.42%) Onboarding
5 18 (2.47%) Management Information System
6 15 (2.05%) Self-Motivation
7 11 (1.51%) Security Posture
8 10 (1.37%) Legacy Systems
9 9 (1.23%) Enterprise Software
10 8 (1.10%) Cyber Threat
11 7 (0.96%) Clustering
11 7 (0.96%) Digital TV
11 7 (0.96%) iPhone
12 6 (0.82%) Data Structures
12 6 (0.82%) Low-Code
12 6 (0.82%) Public Cloud
13 5 (0.68%) Legacy Code
13 5 (0.68%) Product Ownership
13 5 (0.68%) Robotics
13 5 (0.68%) Social Media
Operating Systems
1 130 (17.81%) Windows
2 75 (10.27%) Windows Server
3 18 (2.47%) Android
3 18 (2.47%) Linux
4 15 (2.05%) Windows Server 2019
5 13 (1.78%) Apple iOS
6 12 (1.64%) Mac OS
7 4 (0.55%) Windows 10
7 4 (0.55%) Windows Server 2016
8 3 (0.41%) Windows Server 2012
9 2 (0.27%) Unix
9 2 (0.27%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 203 (27.81%) Cybersecurity
2 179 (24.52%) AI
3 132 (18.08%) Agile
4 118 (16.16%) Mentoring
5 115 (15.75%) Business Intelligence
6 107 (14.66%) DevOps
7 84 (11.51%) Full-Stack Development
7 84 (11.51%) Problem-Solving
8 74 (10.14%) CI/CD
9 67 (9.18%) Continuous Improvement
10 64 (8.77%) Machine Learning
11 60 (8.22%) Ethical Hacking
12 41 (5.62%) Computer Science
12 41 (5.62%) Infrastructure Engineering
12 41 (5.62%) Roadmaps
13 38 (5.21%) ITIL
13 38 (5.21%) User Experience
14 36 (4.93%) Customer Service
14 36 (4.93%) Multithreading
15 35 (4.79%) Project Management
Programming Languages
1 240 (32.88%) SQL
2 150 (20.55%) C#
3 137 (18.77%) Python
4 69 (9.45%) JavaScript
5 54 (7.40%) PowerShell
6 44 (6.03%) TypeScript
7 25 (3.42%) PHP
8 15 (2.05%) Java
9 13 (1.78%) C++
10 10 (1.37%) T-SQL
11 5 (0.68%) R
12 4 (0.55%) Bash
12 4 (0.55%) Bicep
13 3 (0.41%) Data Analysis Expressions
13 3 (0.41%) Ruby
13 3 (0.41%) Rust
14 2 (0.27%) Go
14 2 (0.27%) Scala
15 1 (0.14%) VB
Qualifications
1 249 (34.11%) Azure Certification
2 72 (9.86%) Degree
3 67 (9.18%) CompTIA Security+
4 61 (8.36%) CompTIA CySA+
5 60 (8.22%) CEH
6 41 (5.62%) Cisco Certification
7 36 (4.93%) CCNA
8 33 (4.52%) Microsoft Certification
9 28 (3.84%) Computer Science Degree
10 27 (3.70%) Network+ Certification
11 26 (3.56%) Security Cleared
12 18 (2.47%) SC Cleared
13 8 (1.10%) CCNP
14 7 (0.96%) AWS Certification
14 7 (0.96%) DBS Check
14 7 (0.96%) DV Cleared
15 6 (0.82%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
15 6 (0.82%) CISSP
16 5 (0.68%) (ISC)2 CCSP
17 3 (0.41%) CISM
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 26 (3.56%) QA
2 22 (3.01%) SLA
3 20 (2.74%) GDPR
4 15 (2.05%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 14 (1.92%) Data Quality
6 13 (1.78%) NIST
7 9 (1.23%) Accessibility
7 9 (1.23%) GRC
8 7 (0.96%) NCSC
9 6 (0.82%) California Consumer Privacy Act
10 5 (0.68%) PCI DSS
11 4 (0.55%) Cyber Essentials
11 4 (0.55%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
11 4 (0.55%) JSP 440
11 4 (0.55%) NIST 800
11 4 (0.55%) PMO
12 3 (0.41%) ISO/IEC 42001
13 2 (0.27%) SOC 2
14 1 (0.14%) IFRS
14 1 (0.14%) ISO 31000
System Software
1 121 (16.58%) Active Directory
2 34 (4.66%) Hyper-V
3 26 (3.56%) Docker
3 26 (3.56%) VMware Infrastructure
4 10 (1.37%) Virtual Desktop
5 7 (0.96%) Virtual Machines
6 4 (0.55%) Microsoft Virtual Server
6 4 (0.55%) Virtual Servers
7 3 (0.41%) vSphere
8 1 (0.14%) BitLocker
Systems Management
1 50 (6.85%) Microsoft Intune
2 36 (4.93%) Kubernetes
3 21 (2.88%) Terraform
4 8 (1.10%) Ansible
5 3 (0.41%) Proxmox
5 3 (0.41%) ZABBIX
6 2 (0.27%) Active Directory Federation Services
6 2 (0.27%) SCCM
6 2 (0.27%) Single Sign-On
7 1 (0.14%) Nessus
7 1 (0.14%) SolarWinds Orion
7 1 (0.14%) SQL Sentry
7 1 (0.14%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 524 (71.78%) Microsoft
2 144 (19.73%) ForeScout
3 49 (6.71%) Cisco
4 31 (4.25%) VMware
5 28 (3.84%) Apple
6 22 (3.01%) Google
7 19 (2.60%) Adobe
8 15 (2.05%) Databricks
8 15 (2.05%) Meraki
9 11 (1.51%) ServiceNow
9 11 (1.51%) Veeam
10 10 (1.37%) Facebook
11 9 (1.23%) Fortinet
11 9 (1.23%) SolarWinds
12 7 (0.96%) Epicor
12 7 (0.96%) Sophos
13 6 (0.82%) Cloudera
13 6 (0.82%) Dell
13 6 (0.82%) SAP
13 6 (0.82%) SonicWALL